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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
International VW Bus Day, National Bubba Day, & National Doughnut Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1857 Edward Elgar, English composer
1900 David Wynne, Welsh composer

Rock/Folk B-days:
1951 Dave Flett, Scottish rock guitarist [ group(s): Manfred Mann's Earth Band/Thin Lizzy ]
1951 Steve Brookins, American rocker [ group(s): .38 Special ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
John Philip Sousa: "New Mexico" march

WWotD:
blurfled ― intoxicated.

QotD:
“A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” ― anonymous

Currently Reading

• The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers ( Wayfarers #1/4, mmpb - pg. 198/438 ) [re-read]
  
• Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds ( The Revenger series #2/3, tpb - pg. 252/423 )
  
• The Battle of Evernight by Cecelia Dart-Thornton ( The Bitterbynde Trilogy #3/3, mmpb - pg. 240/624 ) [re-read]
  

... and one of my five go-to comfort re-reads:

• The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison ( hc - pg. 58/419 )
  

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
National Barbershop Quartet Day, National 8-Track Tape Day, & National Pet Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1769 Johann Georg Lickl, Austrian organist/kapellmeister/composer
1926 Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist/composer

Rock/Folk B-days:
1931 Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese video game composer [ group(s): n/a ]
1958 Stuart Adamson, Scottish rock vocalist/guitarist [ group(s): Big Country ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
David Lovrien: "The WRR March of the Day" march (Yep - you read that right)

WWotD:
rogalian ― (adj) of or pertaining to a great fire.

QotD:
“Death is a tragedy . . . but only for the living. We who have died go on to other things.” ― Charles de Lint, Into the Green

Personal Commentary/Observation
RE: Today's Quote of the Day (QotD):
It is saddening to think that my friend Amanda Fisher, aka Cissa, has passed. I have some wonderful things from her, a beautifully designed bookmark of (and taken from) my favorite Charles de Lint novel and a couple of her triskell metal pieces - her wolves & her ravens medallions. I always thought that one day I might get to meet her. I waited too long.

RE: Medical:
I am finally showing some improvement with the insulin injections. I'm supposed to keep increasing the dosage every 3 days until I can get my fasting blood test down below 150. After increasing it 3 times now, it's finally dropped below 200 - 181 yesterday, and 173 today, so it looks like things are moving in the right direction at last. Maybe I can get control over this after all. Now about my blood pressure .... .

RE: Entertainment:
I got to take an extra day off yesterday - "Star Performer" hours awarded last year that expire next month. So I got to be lazy in the morning watching old Lew Ayers "Dr. Kildare" movies I'd recorded.

Got off my butt and went over and scheduled an appointment for my truck's inspection.

I finally ran down to Half Price Books in Dallas and picked up the only copy of Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton, the second of the Commonwealth duology that started with Pandora's Star. I guess I'm playing catch-up as this is supposedly pretty decent and I missed it. That got me thinking that I needed to also take a second look at Gregory Benford ... maybe his Galactic Center series.

Finally - this is the final season of Masterpiece Theater's "Sanditon", based on Jane Auten's unfinished manuscript. Never cared very much for Austen, but this PBS series caught my eye early on. So having gotten hooked, but not having a lot of experience with Austen, I keep holding out hope that there will be a "happily ever after" for everyone. I know - probably a false hope, but then I'm a hopeless romantic anyway so I want everyone to be happy (and see the deserved get their comeuppance) by the end. If nothing else ... I am also working through a re-watch of The Expanse" on Prime - so there is that.

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
World Compliment day, National Pig Day, & National Dadgum That's Good Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1711 Peregrinus Pogl, German composer
1764 Jeremiah Ingalls, early North-American choir master/composer
1904 Glenn Miller, American bandleader and jazz composer

Rock/Folk B-days:
1942 Michael Giles, British drummer [ band(s)/group(s): King Crimson ]
1944 Mike D'Abo, British rock vocalist/songwriter [ band(s)/group(s): Manfred Mann ]
1957 Jon Carroll, American pop vocalist [ band(s)/group(s): Starland Vocal Band ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
#23 in the 2023 March March Countdown - Karl Lawrence King: "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite" march

WWotD:
sinapistic ― consisting of mustard.

QotD:
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered.” ― E.B. White

Currently Reading

• The Girl With No Face by M.H. Boroson ( The Daoshi Chronicles #2/2, mmpb - pg. 30/317 )
  
• Revenger by Alastair Reynolds ( The Revenger series #1/3, pb - pg. 106/425 ) [re-read]
  
• The Lady of the Sorrows by Cecelia Dart-Thornton ( The Bitterbynde Trilogy #2/3, mmpb - pg. 120/538 ) [re-read]
  

Personal Commentary/Observation
On the plus side, I heard and finally spotted a cute little woodpecker yesterday on my walk - my first of the season. Couldn't have been much bigger than a large sparrow.

On the meh side, my six-month appointment with my doctor resulted in another change. Starting today I get to take a daily insulin injection (pen). I sort of figured that was coming - all the pills haven't done much since I was rear-ended on my motorcycle a few years back. So we try this for a month and see how it goes. I am still considered a type-2 diabetic, which I guess is something to be grateful for.

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Today is:
National Kite Flying Day, National Opera Day, & National Molasses Bar Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1903 Greta Keller, Austrian-born cabaret singer/actress
1932 John Williams, American composer

Rock B-days:
1946 Paul Wheatbread, American musician [ band(s)/group(s): Gary Puckett & Union Gap ]
1961 Vince Neil, American rock singer [ band(s)/group(s): Mötley Crüe ] !!!

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
Frank Hoyt Losey: "America First" march

WWotD:
inconsonance ― lack of harmony: disagreement.

QotD:
"When most people step beyond the city, what they first hear is silence. But if they listen closely, they can hear voices: birdsong, the incessant chirp and buzz of insects; water gurgling in a stream, a frog parliament, arguing down by a pond. Summer sounds. It's in the winter that the silence is more profound. Sometimes it seems like all that exists is the sound of the wind. The world is dreaming, hidden under the ice and snow, waiting for spring. Wonder and Mystery are caught in a kind of winter these days. We don't have time for them anymore; they no longer seem relevant. But their relevance can't be measured by the same yardstick that we use to measure everything else. Understanding, not what they are, but that they are, is what's important. Remembering them now is almost a gift." ― Charles de Lint, Hedgework & Guessery

Currently Reading

• The Girl With Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson ( Daoshi Chronicles #1/2, mmpb - pg. 336/413 )
  
• Revenger by Alastair Reynolds ( Revenger series #1/3, pb - pg. 70/145 ) [re-read]
  
• The Ill-Made Mute by Cecelia Dart-Thornton ( Bitterbynde Trilogy #1/3, mmpb - pg. 22/552 ) [re-read]
  

... and there is always my three go-to comfort re-reads:

• The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison ( hc - pg. 0/419 )
  
• A Psalm For the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers ( hc - pg. 0/147 )
  
• A Prayer For the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers ( hc - pg. 0/149 )